1Tulip

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  1. Magnet Hospital Status

    Is anyone out there part of a Magnet hospital? Were you involved in the Certification process? Were your nurses keen on making the push for the Certification or did they view it as something...
  2. Rising Above It All.....

    Look... #1) Life is short... too short to hate your work. #2) Some units s*ck because they have snarky, back-biting, catty, clique-y people working there. #3) I have worked on those types of units,...
  3. They made the OR team where my daughter works have a little ringy-dingy bell (like the kind they use at the meat counter in the grocery store) to announce it is time for the "time out." They made us...
  4. It is so unfair and unjust. If they happen to ask you something and you say "I don't know"... in our hospital, you can pack your bag and leave. BUT THAT's NOT ALL!!! They are going to go into our...
  5. The problem with our current set up down here is that the government doesn't go to the trouble of determining the standards and enforcing them. They contract out their responsibility to this agency...
  6. They are unelected, unaccountable, almost unlimited in what they can decide to require. I spoke with a well-known expert on clinical research. They contracted her to advise them on evidence based...
  7. Our Core Measures are a mixed bag. On AMI we are superb and way beat the national average in door to cath-lab times. Our dicubitus rates are very low. When it comes to Pneumonia and CHF... we're...
  8. I am not saying that I work in the world's greatest hospital. But I've been a nurse for 38 years and it's the best one I've ever worked in. Have you ever worked in one that didn't sometimes make you...
  9. Just talked to my daughter who is an anesthesiologist. JC made them put a ringy-dingy bell in each OR room. Circulating nurse rings the bell and everyone stops and does their little final check....
  10. I'm just a peon, of course, and am not privy to all that transpires, but I'm on a shared governance council and we're the first clinical faces that see the most recent changes. I believe that the...
  11. Based upon everything the hospital suits are saying, we will not be allowed to bill Medicare/Medicaid for care we give if we lose accreditation. We had a visit some time ago and go provisional status,...
  12. Health care in the US has phenomenal strengths and profound weaknesses. (A genuinely American trait, I think.) We have very strong voices (the majority party now) favoring the centralization of...
  13. You folks have really provided some good information. I do think we're getting distorted images about your system. Our system has some real problems. The political furor has arisen because there are...
  14. Thank you. that is very helpful. I know we are getting facts about national health care that are "spun" to fit a narrative. Some of the negative things that are mentioned: (and apologies, we're...
  15. You may be right. Our facility will get a big increase in their budget and build offices for more bureaucrats. Meanwhile their MRI machine has been down for over a year. Maybe in Houston there are...
  16. How do you keep your hands in good shape?

    Agree with the above. Bag Balm and gloves over night (and I truly smear my hands) are the only thing that has worked for me. Came home last night with a painful split at the edge of one of my thumb...
  17. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    1. Police are only required to have a GED, huh? and a background check. They're relatively ignorant so they have to have the legal system and lawyers to 'splain to them their job. Madam, my...
  18. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    I am strongly in Equinox's corner here. A DA who would prosecute for showing a holstered gun in the situation where there is a true threat, is playing back door Gun Control antics. Being...
  19. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    [I]"Pointing a gun requires one to have it in ones hand. Holding a gun requires one to have it in ones hand. Brandishing a gun requires one to have it in ones hand, showing it with intent" One might...
  20. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    OK class, let's review what we know about self-defense. Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not. (Thomas Jefferson) An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a...
  21. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    I'll take a 12 man jury of my peers over 6 friends become pall bearers any day. Save your life and that of your loved ones and let the legal process do its worst (or best... in my
  22. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Yeah, having it snatched was for sure one of the cons we weighed with the pros. I just could not make other holsters work. Different seasons, different wardrobes, dress up, dress down... You know...
  23. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    Check out the Galco website. There is a "purse" which is actually a holster. That's what I use and I can reach my pistol much faster than I could if I were carrying it in the small of my back or...
  24. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    So... you and I BOTH carry guns. With permits. We have quite a lot in common. When I made the decision to get my concealed carry permit... (I didn't want to do it... but an objective threat from a...
  25. Should Doctors Have Guns?

    If you are CURRENTLY being stalked, have an ex-husband that has threatened to kill you, I can understand someone wanting to carry a gun. You know, it must be wonderful to walk in a world of such...